| WALRUS | The ____ and the Carpenter, narrative poem by Lewis Carroll first published in 1871 (6) |
| IDYLLS | - of the King; tracing the legend of King Arthur, his knights and love for Guinevere, a cycle of 12 narrative poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (6) |
| RHEIMS | The Jackdaw of ___ , humorous narrative poem by Richard Barham about a bird stealing a ring (6) |
| COMEDY | A 14th-century Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, The Divine _ (6) |
| ADONIS | Venus and -; narrative poem by William Shakespeare (6) |
| DIVINE | The ____ Comedy, long narrative poem by Dante Alighieri (6) |
| REVERE | Paul -, American patriot, subject of a narrative poem by Longfellow (6) |
| LONGTO | Why birds suddenly appear every time you are near, according to Burt Bacharach and the Carpenters, "They _ _ _ _ _ _ be Close to j You..." (1970) |
| LOOKINGGLASS | Through the ____ and What Alice Found There, fantasy novel by Lewis Carroll published in 1871 (7,5) |
| CARROLL | Lewis -; pen name of the author whose Through the Looking-Glass includes the verses Jabberwocky and The Walrus and the Carpenter (7) |
| AGONY | The Hunting of the Snark (An - in 8 Fits) nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll (5) |
| SNARK | The Hunting of the - (An Agony in 8 Fits); nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll (5) |
| JABBERWOCKY | Nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll included in his 1871 novel Through The Looking-Glass (11) |
| THEOWL | (and 18 across, 19 across) Nonsense poem published in 1871 (3,3) |
| THERAVEN | Narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the New York Evening Mirror in 1845 (3,5) |
| THEYD | "And this was scarcely odd, because ___ eaten every one" (end of "The Walrus and the Carpenter") |
| LADY | ___ Susan Jane Austen's short epistolary novel which was published in 1871 and features characters like Charles and Catherine Vernon: 2 wds. |
| MIDDLEMARCH | George Eliot novel, first of eight volumes published in 1871 (11) |
| THEWRECK | Narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in Bel ads and Other Poems in 1842 (3,5,2,3,8) |
| OFTHE | Narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Lon fellow. first published in Bel ads and Other Poems in 1842 (3,5,2,3,8) |
